Communications Officer - GHEI

GHEI is recruiting for a Communications Officer (CO) to be based in Humjibre, Ghana. The ideal candidate is someone who is ready to get their hands dirty, has a willingness to give, learn, and leave an impact through their commitment to this position! Storytellers wanted! This role is ideal for ambitious, thoughtful and service-oriented individuals looking to work for a high-impact, grassroots, international development organization.

We are deeply committed to finding the right person. The CO must be able to commit to a full 13 month term-of-service. He or she should be eager to learn, adaptable, fun, courageous and ready to take our marketing and communications strategy to the next level! If you are entrepreneurial and ready to go on this journey with us, read on….

Start Date: August 1, 2019

Duration: 13 months (August 1, 2019-August 31, 2020). First 30 days will involve remote-based onboarding, training and analysis with GHEI’s Executive Director, Director of Development and other staff as appropriate. It is not required to be based in Ghana at this time. Time commitment during this phase of the position will be 20 hours per week.

The CO is required to be in Ghana on/or around September 1, 2019 and the in-country duration will be through August 31, 2020. During in-country service, this is a full-time position.

Job Summary: This position entails working closely with both GHEI’s local Ghanaian staff and western team to manage GHEI's organizational publicity and web-based marketing. The CO is also responsible for promoting GHEI's work through social media and blogging, website maintenance, organizing promotional and fundraising campaigns, coordinating donor reporting and relations, executing our donor experience strategy, and writing reports intended for Ghanaian and Western stakeholders. This position requires a great deal of flexibility since responsibilities can change greatly throughout the year. Other essential qualities include creativity, an outgoing personality, thoughtfulness, initiative, and an ability to live and work in a challenging, resource poor environment.

Reports To: In-country, this position reports to GHEI’s Country Director. Functionally, the CO will report to the remote-based Director of Development who will oversee professional development progress and accomplishment of deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Support Summer Serve and Learn (SSL) volunteer recruitment, applications, pre-departure and provide support to teams of volunteers while on site;
• Manage GHEI’s social media presence, blog, and website;
• Organize all hard mailings, e-newsletters, and fundraising campaigns for donor affinity groups, Serve and Learn alumni, and others;
• Create promotional materials marketing GHEI and GHEI volunteer programs;
• Coordinate annual and quarterly reports for Ghanaian and Western stakeholders;
• Manage donor reporting, execute donor relations strategy and provide donor analysis as applicable
• Revise internal and external proposals and reports
• Lead the production of program-related educational and promotional videos

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Relevant work experience in a developing country
• Familiarity with social media and blogging
• Creativity, outgoing personality and willingness to take initiative
• Ability to live and work in a resource-poor environment with limited internet capabilities and intermittent power outages
• Demonstrated cross-cultural awareness
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with all stakeholders in Ghana and staff in the US/UK/Canada
• Ability to work independently and as part of multicultural team
• Commitment to the highest professional standards, ethics, and values
• Resilient, patient, flexible, and willing to perform a wide variety of tasks as they arise
• Commitment to building local capacity and working within established local systems, structures, and cultural norms

Desirable Qualifications

• Familiarity with volunteer and volunteer program management
• Familiarity with nonprofit publicity and marketing